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No. 239,314. Patented March 29,188l.

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VALENTINE E. CAMPBELL, OF BREWERTON, NEW YORK.

MEAT-BLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,314, dated March 29, 1881.

Application filed January 15` 1881. (No model.)

To all lwhom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALENTINE E. CAMP- BELL, of Brewerton, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Meat-Blocks, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to meat-blocks composed of sections arranged endwise to the face of the block; and it consists in a novel means of uniting and supporting said sections, and maintaining the same in a true plane and with close joints, all as hereinafter fully described.

.In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an end view of my invention; Fig. 2, a side View ot' same, and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section 011 line x x in Fig. l.

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ot a designate square sections or blocks of wood arranged side by side and having their ends trimmed, so as to form a smooth top surface. Said sections are rmly united by bolts or tie-rods b b passing longitudinally and transversely through each series of sections. The Iner sections, a', are formed or made integral with a leg, Z, for the support of the meat-block.

d d are cleats or bars extended through the meat-block and fitted in grooves ce in the .throughout their length.

sides of the sections aa, for the purpose of maintaining the same in line with each other and stift'ening the block. Since the ends of the sections ad are liable to shrink more than the central portions of same, the joints at the surface of the block would open were the several sections made ot' uniform dimensions To obviate these defects I reduce the diameter of the central portion of said sections by making the sides thereof concave and allow the sections to touch each other only at their ends. As the ends sh rink, the joints between the sections can be closed by tightening the nuts on the ends of the tie-rods.

Having described my invention, what I claim is A meat-block composed of sections a a, arranged endwise to the face of the block, and having a centrally-reduced or concave body, and united by longitudinal and transverse tierods, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State ot New York, this 11th day of January, 1881.

VALENTINE E. CAMPBELL. [1.. s]

Witnesses WM. C. RAYMOND, C. BENDIXON. 

